Professional Opera Singer Comes to BYU-I

by Allison Jones

A young American operatic soprano is coming to the Barrus Concert Hall June 28 to perform arias and broadway classics with piano accompaniment.  

Alyson Cambridge is a lyric soprano, meaning that she has a slightly higher voice than other sopranos.  This type of operatic voice is described as “a warm, bright voice that carries well over an orchestra.”  The parts this type of singer plays are “sympathetic supporting characters, or younger women.”  Dramatic sopranos are slightly deeper and more powerful and generally are the lead characters.

Cambridge sings opera, concert, and oratorio.  Some of the parts she has sung include Micaela in Carmen, Violetta in La traviata, and Mimi in La bohème.  She has also sung in performances of Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor.  The New York Times has described her as having a “powerful, clear voice.”

Cambridge earned a Bachelor’s of Music in Voice Performance from Oberlin Conservatory in 2002 and continued at Curtis Institute of Music to receive her Master’s of Music.  She is also a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindermann Young Artist Development Program.  She has performed on many prominent stages and also won several vocal competitions.

For more information check out www.alysoncambridge.com and tickets are on sale now through the BYU-I ticket office at tickets.buyi.edu. The concert will be event dress and no children under 6 may attend.